Police probe relationship between McNair, waitress
Updated Sun. Jul. 5 2009 10:16 AM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Nashville police will spend Sunday piecing together the nature of the relationship between ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a female friend who were found dead Saturday in his downtown Nashville condominium.
Autopsies on the two victim's bodies are also scheduled for Sunday.
McNair was found on a sofa with multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head, by his friend Wayne Neeley, with whom he rents the condo. Twenty-year-old Sahel Kazemi, described as a friend of McNair's, was found near the former NFL MVP with a single gunshot wound.
A gun was found near Kazemi's body.
Nashville police have not said who they believe committed the slayings, but also said Saturday they are not actively looking for suspects.
McNair, 36, was with Kazemi Thursday evening when she was pulled over and arrested on DUI charges. She was driving a 2007 Cadillac Escalade registered to both her and McNair.
McNair was not charged in the incident and was allowed to leave the scene in a taxi.
The former football star, who famously led the Tennessee Titans to within a yard of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl, was married with four children.
Authorities said they do not believe McNair's wife, Mechelle, was involved in the slayings.
McNair's oldest brother, Fred, told the Associated Press that family members will likely travel to Nashville to be with Mechelle.
"It's still kind of hard to believe," Fred McNair said. "He was the greatest person in the world. He gave back to the community. He loved kids and he wanted to be a role model to kids."
Fred McNair said he did not know anything about the nature of the relationship his brother had with Kazemi.
Employees of Dave & Buster's, where Kazemi worked as a waitress, told the Associated Press that McNair and his wife frequented the restaurant.
Kazemi's ex-boyfriend, Keith Norfleet, told The Tennessean newspaper that McNair and Kazemi met at the restaurant.
An unnamed employee of the restaurant told WSMV reporter Deanna Lambert that McNair and Kazemi "met there months ago and he is under the impression that the two had been in a relationship for about six to eight months," Lambert told CTV News Channel on Sunday morning.
McNair played 13 seasons in the NFL, 11 with the Titans and two with the Baltimore Ravens. He retired after the 2007 season with 31,304 passing yards and 174 touchdowns.
